SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks after the deadly capsize of an America’s Cup boat, the regatta director late Wednesday issued a list of 37 safety recommendations to make the 72-foot catamarans and their crews safer.

The new safety plan lowers the wind limit for races by 10 knots (about 11 mph) to a maximum of 23 knots (26 mph). It also requires better body armor for sailors, crew locator devices, hands-free breathing apparatuses and other safety features. The teams are also required to have an independent party review the structural safety of their boats.

The majority of the recommendations “represent a consensus among the competitors,” according to the five-page document sent to the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Sweden’s Artemis Racing team, which lost crewman Andrew “Bart” Simpson when its boat capsized May 9 during a routine training session in San Francisco Bay, announced it is “back to work” preparing for the regatta. However, Paul Cayard, the team’s CEO, said his team had one condition before it committed to compete.

“We will only race if our sailing team believes they are safe racing AC72s,” Cayard said.

It was unclear late Wednesday whether the list of safety recommendations make the boats and sailors safe enough for Artemis. Simpson, 36, was trapped underwater for 10 agonizing minutes as crews and divers tried to find him.

The new safety plan requires crews to wear bright-colored helmets and carry hands-free oxygen canisters. The teams also must add restraining devices, including tethers and hand-holds, for the sailors to use during “bearing-off” maneuvers, the same maneuvers that led to the capsizing of both the Artemis boat earlier this month and Oracle Team USA last fall. In the Oracle case, the boat was severely damaged, but no one was hurt.

The wind speed limit is close to the recommendation of Italy’s Luna Rossa team. Wind limits will be reduced to 20 knots (23 mph) in July, 21 knots (24 mph) in August, and 23 knots (26 mph) in September during the finals.

Grant Dalton, managing director of Emirates Team New Zealand, which plans to launch its boat into the bay later this week, said Wednesday he supports the committee’s recommendations in principle.

“They are prudent and reasonable,” Dalton told this newspaper. “The committee has done some remarkable work in only six days. The details still have to be worked on, but we see nothing that will adversely affect the event.”

Dalton said his team has confidence in its boat. “We have invested a lot of time and money on safety,” he said.

The new rules also modify the racing schedule. Not only will the number of round-robin races be reduced from seven to five during the Louis Vuitton series in July and early August, but race management also will review starting procedures — often the most exciting time during racing — to remove potentially dangerous situations.

The safety of the AC72s, the first of their kind to race in an America’s Cup, came under intense scrutiny after the tragedy earlier this month. The boat capsized during a practice in the middle of San Francisco Bay. Simpson, a 36-year-old British Olympian, died after he was trapped and hidden under the floating wreckage for 10 minutes.

An investigation is still ongoing to determine the exact cause of the capsize.

“I understand that frustration exists out there because questions remain out there about the accident,” Cayard said in the statement. “It was, however, a complex event.”

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